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Philippine Officials Reportedly Share Veo 3-Generated Video to Support Vice President Sara Duterte During Impeachment

Occurred
Jun 15, 2025
Published
Jun 27, 2025
Source
AI Incident Database

Summary

Philippine Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa and Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte reportedly shared an AI-generated video made with Google's Veo 3, depicting fake students opposing Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment. The clip was reportedly styled as a street interview and went viral with millions of views. Reportedly, dela Rosa faced backlash for spreading disinformation but defended the video's message, allegedly ignoring its fabrication.

Developers

  • Google

Deployers

  • Sebastian Duterte
  • Ronald dela Rosa

Harmed parties

  • Political institutions of the Philippines
  • Judicial system of the Philippines
  • General public of the Philippines
  • Epistemic integrity
  • Judicial integrity
  • Democratic integrity

Tags

  • deepfake
  • misinformation
  • disinformation
  • TikTok
  • Philippines
  • syndicated

Classification

Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%

Rationale: AI-generated synthetic media used to spread disinformation in a political context with viral reach.

Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8

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